Politico: Why McCain is getting hosed in the press

Who knew the verb hose is now acceptable?

But even better — the mothers of Politico reporters John Harris and Jim VandeHei think there’s bias against McCain:

And get a load of this one, from someone in Rochester, N.Y., who did not like our analysis of the final presidential debate. “You guys are awfully tough on McCain. There may be some legitimacy to the claim of press bias. Mom.”
We were all set to dismiss Harris’ mother as a crank. Same for VandeHei’s: a conservative dismayed by what she sees as kid-glove treatment of Barack Obama. Then along came a study — funded by the prestigious Pew Research Center, no less — suggesting at first blush, at least, that they may be on to something.

Mother knows best.